Less Than a Week to “Warm-Up”

Springlike weather is coming…the pattern changes to warmer and wetter. First, cold for another couple days…light snow around daybreak tomorrow could make for slick spots for the Tues. AM commute. A few flurries will linger through the day with temperatures again about 15-20 deg. below average in the mid-upper 20s. Weds. should be partly sunny and cold. Weds. night late we get mixed precipitation developing, which could be a little snow, sleet or freezing rain. Again, the Thurs. AM commute could be slippery, esp. north of G.R. (and especially if you’re on a bicycle like this guy in Traverse City – pic. from upnorthlive.com). Thursday PM it’ll be above freezing, but we’ll still be getting some showers with a chilly 15 mph breeze. Partly sunny Friday, Saturday, I hope…more later on that, I haven’t looked at much out that far. Sunday the GFS-plot has a high of 56 for G.R. and Monday it was 60. We’re getting into a wetter pattern. The GFS-plot has a total of 0.77″ of G.R. for the Thurs. storm, more rain Monday and soakings April 2 and 8. It doesn’t know exact times that far out, but we’re going to have a potential for flooding well into April.

Monday AM snowcover: Grand Rapids – trace, Lansing 1″, Big Rapids 2″, Reed City, Hopkins and Holland 4″, Muskegon 5″, Hart 6″, Fremont 7″, Gaylord 17″, Kalkaska and Cadillac 18″, S. Ste. Marie 28″, Grand Marais 44″, Calumet 47″, Painesdale 55″. It depends on if you’re measuring deep in the woods or on the grass in an urban environment. There’s sure a chance of significant flooding in the U.P. with that much snow still on the ground in late March. Huge East Coast storm will hit the New England Coast with heavy snow and wind. This will be an amazing storm in Nova Scotia. Paul Pastalok at Accu-Weather has 5 Marches looking like this one (1950, 60, 84, 89, 96). Three of the following Aprils were cooler than average, one near average and one warmer than average. The AO goes negative, the NAO negative, so we’re not done with chilly days, relative to the fast-climbing average temperatures, but it looks like the biggest chunk of cold heads to Asia.

Cold this Monday AM: -25 Wakefield, -24 Champion and Spincich Lake, -15 Marquette, -11 Ironwood, -7 Lake City, -5 Cadillac, -2 Reed City, 1 Big Rapids, 7 Belding, 12 Kalamazoo, 13 Grand Rapids and Muskegon. Muskegon is up to 130.0″ for the winter. Morning run of the NAM (caribou) gives G.R. 1.5″ of snow late tonight/tomorrow… 0.06″ off the GFS plot would be around an inch. More on the news tonight.

101 Responses to “Less Than a Week to “Warm-Up””

The past few days have been the only ones that I have been happy to look into the long range GFS. I can say it is about time it warms up some. CPC still has us in the dreaded blue blob of colder than average for the month though.

I just saw that too, worked a few hrs south of grand haven and man what a difference from 1030 a.m. and 3 p.m., I saw one place at one of my lots where the Sun did not hit still had some snow, and of course happens to be the sidewalk….but other than that everything looks dry.

BRING ON SPRING TEMPS!!!!! I can’t wait Get My Hands Dirty in My Garden of GREEN….. And Plant Some ” Seeds” in The The OLE Back Forty….. CUE::: J.D. Crowe & The New South – My Home Ain’t In The Hall Of Fame …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfGy517oPXU
Stay Cued …..Bills BLOG….

Take a look at this from the NWS, temperatures may flirt with 60 next week! been a long time since I’ve heard that from the NWS!

ANOTHER BRIEF BURST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS
A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH TOWARD THE REGION. SNOW OR MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ON THURSDAY AS WARMER AIR ARRIVES.
TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK MAY ACTUALLY FLIRT WITH 60 DEGREES AS A
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARD WARMER AND WETTER CONDITIONS DEVELOPS.

Yikes! I want Spring just like the rest of you, but my parents live on the Grand near Comstock Park, and we need the slow melt to stay. And light rain, no deluge please. It can flood a little, but not in the house again this year, OK Bill?

INDY!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I saw for Chicago they are forecasting 68 later this week also with Thunderstorms too!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH Spring is making it runs back to us…..But the kiddos do have Spring Break coming, usually the weather is crappy during Spring Break then it is nice after that…..Usually…..

Well well well my little weather hobos, 60 days till the indoor crop makes the transition to the outside crop. Your ol aunty Edna will have her closet back! Will be nice to see the ol electric bill get back under $200 smacks. Been a long winter in the back woods! I

While milder temps look to be coming I would not put the winter coats away just yet! And also keep the snow shovels close as well. I am not saying we will get another big snow storm this spring BUT with all the cold air to our north it would not take all that much for a big heavy wet snow storm or even an ice storm. I think we will have to wait until after April 15th or so to say we are out of the woods for any more winter like weather this spring. BUT that said its more then time for it to warm up!
Still a cold 24° here with clear skies.
SlimJim

I know this winter is going in the record books for the snowfall amounts in many locations. What I don’t know is how the actual combined precipitation (rain and snow/liquid equivalent) from recent years compares to this year’s total. The two previous winters, the majority of precipitation where I’m at fell as rain, not snow. Last spring at this time, our low property had more standing water than it does today. Where do I find those total precipitation numbers?

It sure look looks like we are done with the SNOW! Ya right! GR has 4 inches on the way and the Cadillac/TC area has about 6 to 10 inches on the way! Imagine that! Here is the latest GFS SNOW map!!!!! I love it!

Let’s review the facts:
March was cool and dry and very Little snow fell as the snow depth went from 29 inches to zero in my yard. Wow….who knew?
The 8-14 day forecasts showing 6 shades of blue with above normal precip were WAY off. It was cold, but dry. Who knew?
Indy and Rocky’s daily post of snow, snow and snow were wrong, wrong, wrong.
Winter is over, it may snow again and it probably will, but spring is right around the corner.
Next Monday in Detroit……PLAY BALL!!!

I’m in Midland tonight. Have to work here in the morning. I couldn’t believe how many deer I saw on the drive here this evening. I have never been here before, but it looks like the Dow chemical plant is the heart of this town.